Google Chrome Releases

Beta Channel Update
12.07.11
Beta updates, release
The Beta channel has been updated to 16.0.912.63 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. 
Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.0 for all platforms
12.06.11
Dev updates, google chrome 17, release

 

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.0 for all platforms.  This release has the following updates:

All Platforms

  • Updated V8 - 3.7.12.6
  • r113121 Omnibox suggestions will now be prerendered if our confidence of the user following the suggestion is high.
  • Support for
  • Content Settings (in Options, Under the Hood) now has UI for “Mouse Cursor”, which controls the Mouse Lock API permissions.
  • r110556 Fixed a renderer crash that could happen when opening a new tab with many tabs open.
  • WebKit Issue 73056  - Small fix for BiDi selection.
  • WebKit Issue 63903 - Fixed WebKit's implementation of bdo, bdi, and output elements to match HTML5 spec section 10.3.5.

Windows

  • r111156 - Desktop shortcuts will be created for each user account, to launch Chrome with that account active.

Mac

  • The PDF viewer now renders nicer looking text.
  • r111426 - Plugins using the Core Animation rendering model are now rendered through Chrome’s compositor rather than directly to the screen. This should have no user visible side effects; please file bugs and cc: kbr@chromium.org if any unexpected issues are seen with plugin rendering on Mac.

Known Issues

  • Extension/App/Themes installs on Linux/ChromeOS are currently not working.  This includes sync-driven installs. (Bug 106599)

Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching to a different release channel?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

 

Beta Channel Update - The Beta channel has been updated to 16.0.912.59 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame
12.01.11
Beta updates, release
The Beta channel has been updated to 16.0.912.59 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. 

For an overview of key features in this release check out the Google Chrome Blog.  Interested in switching to the Beta or Stable channels?  You can also take a look at the changelog to see what happened in this release since .41.
 
The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the release of Chrome 16 on the Beta Channel for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48)
11.22.11
Beta updates, Chrome OS, chromebook, release

 

The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the release of Chrome 16 on the Beta Channel for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

Chrome version 16.0.912.44 (Platform version: 1193.65.0)

Release highlights:

  • Update Pepper Flash
  • New 3-part version numbering format for Chrome OS. As always, please include the Chrome version as well as the Chrome OS version in any issues you file.
  • Cisco L2TP over IPSec is now supported
  • The Entd Enterprise extension is no longer used
  • Numerous stability & security fixes

Known issues:

  • 22372 - Renderer crash
  • 19788 - Sync is disabled after any crash
  • 20511 - Two finger scrolling does not always work smoothly (all Chromebook platforms)
  • 22263 - Copy & Paste creates file with different permissions than regular download flow
  • 22268 - May encounter connection error on first sign-in with 2-factor sign-in enabled
  • 23147 - Signing in with custom encryption password may request password several times. Workaround: Go to the Settings menu by going to chrome://settings/syncSetup

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.942.0 (Platform version: 1324.0.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48)
11.21.11
Chrome OS, chromebook, Dev updates, release

 

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.942.0 (Platform version: 1324.0.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

Highlights:
Known issues:
  • Issue 22949: Repositioning of bookmarks results is in bookmark duplicate
  • Issue 22950: Chrome crashes when uploading picture to picasa album

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. You can also submit feedback using "Report an issue" under the wrench icon. Interested in switching to the Dev channel? Find out how.
 
Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.942.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame
11.17.11
Dev updates, google chrome 17, release
The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.942.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.  This build contains the following updates:
All
  • Updated V8 - 3.7.7.0.
  • Fixed New Tab page apps re-ordering issue.
  • Policy support for disabling the Cloud Print Connector has been added.

Windows

  • Fixed an issue where Chrome app windows would hang. [r110239]

Known Issues

  • Crash when notification occurs [Issue: 103427]

Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching release channels?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Stable Channel Update for Chromebooks has been updated to 15.0.874.121 (Platform version: 1011.137)
11.17.11
Acer AC700, Chrome OS, chromebook, cr-48, release, Samsung Series 5, Stable updates

The Stable channel has been updated to 15.0.874.121 (Platform version: 1011.137) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700,Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

 
Highlights:
  • New flash
  • Security fixes
  • Stability fixes
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. You can also submit feedback using "Report an issue" under the wrench icon. Interested in switching to the Dev channel? Find out how.
 
Stable Channel Update - The Stable channel has been updated to 15.0.874.121 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms
11.16.11
Google Chrome 15, release, Stable updates

 

The Stable channel has been updated to 15.0.874.121 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms
 
All
  • Updated V8 - 3.5.10.24
  • This build contains the fix to a regression: SVG in iframe doesn't use specified dimensions (Issue: 98951)
Security fixes and rewards:
Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
  • [$1000] [103259] High CVE-2011-3900: Out-of-bounds write in v8. Credit to Christian Holler.

Full details about what changes have been made in this release are available in the SVN revisions log. Interested in switching to another channel?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

 

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks - updated to 16.0.912.38 (Platform version: 1193.52.0)
11.15.11
Chrome OS, chromebook, Dev updates, release

The Dev Channel has been updated to 16.0.912.38 (Platform version: 1193.52.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

Release highlights:

  • A number of functionality and stability fixes
  • Flash updated to 11.0.31.110

Known issues:

  • After autoupdate, the UI may freeze on first boot after logging in. This problem happens less frequently if you wait 60+ seconds to login. Workaround - If you encounter this hang, press the power button to force the Chromebook to shutdown, then restart. The machine should behave normally after that.
Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.938.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame
11.14.11
Dev updates, google chrome 17, release
The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.938.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.  This build contains the following updates:
  • Updated V8 - 3.7.6.0. This release includes the new garbage collector.
  • Windows: Fixed a bug where the missing plug-in infobar would not do anything (issue 103216).